Archive for August 27th, 2009

80′s Flashback with Degarmo and Key: MST3K style

I thought that I would have some fun making fun of this very dated 80′s music Christian video, I believe it sort of brings up the subject of why Christians may be afraid of technology.

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Lego Mindstorms Solves Sudoku, and this is pretty much the coolest thing I’ve seen all day

I don’t know if you’re familiar with Lego Mindstorms, but they are a serious set of Legos designed to make all sorts of programmable robotic toys.

In fact, I wouldn’t say that Mindstorms creations are toys, but complex robots. Like this one where Hans Andersson (middle name Christian?) designed that can solve Sudoku puzzles.

Watch the video if you don’t believe me, but it does this by scanning, and then from the data it writes in the appropriate numbers. It does it faster than I do it, with better handwriting.

Pretty amazing, isn’t it? Hey, it turns out that Hans Andersson’s next project is going to be metallurgical. There is a picture of it after the jump.

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Tech News for the Day, Thursday, August 27

This will be the beginning of what will be a daily update (on weekdays) on technology that I have reported on the other blogs that I wrote for. Just click on the links to see what is up for today.

Do you know where your children are? Well, if you had the Amber Alert GPS 2G, then you would know the answer with just a simple Text Message. Check it out here.

Is it possible to have a camera that can record up to 24 hours in its internal memory? Yes. It’s called the Canon VIXIA HF S11.

Check out Casio’s latest compact camera, the Elixim EX-Z33.

You like Concept phones? Check out the Nokla E81.

Logitech has figured out a way to make a mouse work on a glass surface with the Performance Mouse MX and Anywhere Mouse MX.

You like watching those Omni Dome theaters, then you should check out the TOOB!

For those of you who want to see the world on the back of a bicycle, then you might want to look into this Burning Man Fan’s micro house!

Ever wanted to see a holographic head? Let’s just say yes. You also might want to see what the Institute for Creative Technologies is up to.

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